Chapter 217: March
The night is as cool as water, and the breeze is gentle.
The whole camp was silent, falling into a deep sleep. Occasionally, a pair of patrol soldiers would pass by, and the footsteps were inaudible, presumably to give their comrades a better resting environment.
There will be a bonfire between the four or five tents, which will be used as lighting and heating, and the quiet camp will present a different kind of warmth under the firelight.
Wu Song lay on the ground, looking at the tent above his head, and there was a sound of insects in his ears.
The people next to him were asleep, and he slept in the far corner of the tent, wanting to be clean. Qin Zhihan and Wen Hao slept in a few positions apart, Qin Zhihan kept having trouble with Wu Song, dragging Wen Hao to try to isolate him and make him "reflect".
Wu Song didn't pay attention to this person, he had a lot of eyes, but he always used an innocent face to confuse everyone, and after knowing his "true identity", Wu Song never looked down on this person again.
As a person from the rivers and lakes, he naturally knows how powerful the Tianji Pavilion is recently, at least not any little deflated person can tease, how can the leader of such a huge organization be a simple person?
However, now that he has been cheated by himself, he has entered this military camp, at least his freedom is restricted, and he can't disturb his own lady......
There was a little joy in his heart, Wu Song slowly closed his eyes, his mind was full of his wife's warm body and coquettish smile, and slowly fell asleep in the distant sound of insects.
On the second day, the army was on the road again, and they had been walking for half a month, and they kept conscripting troops from all over the country along the way, and soon this army grew up, and now there were 10,000 people, which was quite large.
10,000 people kept moving forward, moving towards the border without stopping, and everyone was very confused, hoping that this exhausting journey would end quickly, but also not wanting to face the consequences of ending the journey.
Wang Xiaotian licked his dry and flaky lips, looked at the endless team in front of him in confusion, and couldn't see the end of the road, and a sense of anxiety surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
looked left and right, touched his head, took out the water bag he hung on his waist, took a sip of water, and was about to put it back, but he turned around halfway and handed it to the man behind him.
"Brother Wu, drink saliva!"
Wu Song raised his eyes and glanced at the young man in front of him, but he was sixteen or seventeen years old, with freckles on a pleasing round face, round eyes, and he looked like the younger brother of the leader, ordinary and featureless.
As a result, the water bag was handed back after raising his head and taking a sip, revealing a smile and saying, "Thank you, Xiaotian!" ”
Wang Xiaotian touched his head shyly, smiled at Wu Song, turned around, stopped under his feet, and continued to walk forward.
Soon it was noon, and the sun at this time had already reached a scorching temperature, so in order to avoid the collapse of the soldiers' bodies, they had to stop and camp to rest.
They are all ordinary people, not trained soldiers, and it is already remarkable that they can support such a long march in their physical condition, and if they don't rest well, they are afraid that they will be sent to death when they reach the border pass.
Wu Song, Qin Zhihan, Wen Hao, and that Wang Xiaotian are in a team, a team of ten people, and they also have the role of supervising each other.
So a team of ten people usually acts together, for example, at this moment, five people are responsible for camping, three people are responsible for food, and two people are on patrol.
Every day, two people are drawn from the small team to form a team of 20 people to patrol, which is the safest arrangement, and strangers are sometimes safer.
At this moment, the patrol is Wu Song and Wang Xiaotian, they walked at the end, Wang Xiaotian followed and walked decently, but his eyes were curious to look around, he turned his head and glanced at Wu Song beside him, and said enviously: "Brother Ang, you are so good, you don't sweat after patrolling for so long!" ”
Wu Song glanced at him lightly, "Hmm." ”
Wang Xiaotian didn't seem to feel Wu Song's coldness, and after getting along for a few days, he had already discovered that this tall and strong man just didn't like to talk, he was very cold, and he was like this to everyone, not just for himself.
Such a person, it stands to reason that Wang Xiaotian in the past will never get along much, he loves to make noise the most, and he doesn't stop talking and chatting, but since he entered the barracks, everyone is in a bad mood and doesn't like to take care of him. And he is very defensive, and he won't talk to him.
Only this Brother Wu will not bother him, so Wang Xiaotian absolutely, such a person is not bad, at least a good listener.
"Eh, Brother Wu, you are so powerful, do you know martial arts?"
“……”
"Brother Wu, the scar on your face is so handsome, how did you get it?"
“……”
"Brother Wu, you look at the tent so badly, it's not as good as Brother Kong!"
“…… They heard it! ”
"Yikes! I didn't mean to! Hurry up, hurry up, go away! ”
dragged Wu Song away, the patrol team had just been disbanded, and everyone was going back to eat, so they ran very fast, and walked around the camp a few times, and got rid of those angry men.
Wang Xiaotian smiled with a ruffian face, "Hehe, if you want to catch up with me, it's still early!" ”
After speaking, he turned to Wu Song and said, "Brother Wu!" Let's go back to dinner! Brother Wen's cooking is so delicious, I'm hungry, go quickly! ”
Looking at his sleeve that was being pulled, Wu Song's sword eyebrows furrowed deeply, he reached out and grabbed his sleeve, ignoring Wang Xiaotian's stunnedness, and strode towards the tent.
Wang Xiaotian touched his head depressedly and followed.
Soon arrived at their tent, it had been set up, the fire had been extinguished, and there were people sitting around, Wen Hao was serving rice to everyone, saying that it was rice, but in fact it was porridge, and two sweet potatoes were added to it, and they were hungry.
Qin Zhihan's face was very stinky, every time he ate, he was very unhappy, sitting alone in the corner, staring at his bowl fiercely at the moment, as if there was a flood beast inside.
Seeing that Wu Song had greeted everyone, he naturally sat down and began to eat, Qin Zhihan's face stinked a little more, he took a deep breath unwillingly, and began to eat with a calm and stiff face.
Wen Hao is also very helpless, he will do whatever is given in this barracks, because they are all men, and there are no special cooks at this time, so everyone can only set fire to each other, this army is still very irregular, it is said that when it comes to the next city, it will be rectified.
The grain here is bought in those cities on the way here, and the soldiers march, this grain is very important, but the grain of this season has not yet been harvested, and there is nothing to eat. Just these sweet potatoes, the rice is all corn, and there is no rice at all.
sighed in his heart, since following Xia Mei, Wen Hao has not suffered like this for a long time, if it weren't for this decision, I am afraid that he would have forgotten the pain of escaping.
After drinking a sip of soup, the taste of corn was not good, and he could only barely fill his stomach, and a few pieces of sweet potatoes were also hungry, and he would be hungry before dinner, Wen Hao began to worry, what should he do when this war begins......
Everyone was snoring and drinking porridge, no one spoke, and their minds were different. Wu Song finished eating in a few bites, got up and entered the camp tent.
Qin Zhihan also gritted his teeth and finished drinking, and hurriedly followed in, Wang Xiaotian saw this, moved to Wen Hao, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Wen, do Brother Qin and Brother Wu have a grudge?" Why do you always put on a face with Brother Wu? ”
Wen Hao smiled faintly, this Wang Xiaotian is about the same age as himself, but he lied about his age in order to join the army, so he called him a brother. This man is interesting, quite clever, but he has not seen much of the world, but has a kind of simple cuteness.
"No, don't guess, hurry up and eat!"
Wang Xiaotian pouted, he knew that the three of them were together, but unfortunately Xiaohu who was with him was not in this team, otherwise he would also have a companion!
However, Wang Xiaotian smiled flatteringly: "Brother Wen, your cooking is so delicious!" Better than my mother did! ”
Wen Hao couldn't cry or laugh, and explained: "Don't talk nonsense, although I used to be a shopkeeper, I don't know how to cook, that is, I can eat!" If your mother makes it even more unpalatable, won't it be unpalatable! ”
Wen Hao joked, who knew that Wang Xiaotian was busy nodding, "That's it, Brother Wen!" How do you know that my mother can't eat rice? My dad was almost poisoned by my mother, and I haven't eaten cooked food since I was a kid! In this comparison, I think the food cooked by others is delicious! ”
Seeing that he didn't look like he was joking, Wen Hao asked in surprise, "How is it possible?!" How can this world be ......?"
"Brother Wen, I really didn't lie to you, I'm glad now, at least I don't have to eat my mother's food in the barracks!"
Wen Hao was speechless for a long time, patted Wang Xiaotian's shoulder heavily, sympathy was self-evident, and then got up and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.
The days passed slowly like this, and half a month was almost used to the life of the barracks, but it is said that the real barracks were more hard and strict than now, and I felt chills in my back when I thought about it.
Soon they arrived at Cold Sun City, which was not far from Dragon City, and the destination of their trip was temporary, because they had to stay here for training before they could go to the battlefield.
At least hold the knife steadily, otherwise when you go to the battlefield, don't you go up and give people heads?
The one in charge of training them was the general who was originally stationed in this Cold Sun City, Zhou Wu. Zhou Wu is a person with a lot of background, the Zhou family is an old minister of the two dynasties in the court, and has been neutral when fighting for the throne.
Dare to speak out, upright, such a person has been living well in the court, it's not that no one wants to pull them into the water, it's not that no one frames them, but the Zhou family is not stupid, the protective measures are not leaky, even if they succeed occasionally, it is just a trivial matter, the emperor has been protecting them, and they are safe.
So the Zhou family has been standing tall for decades, but there is another reason, the heirs of the Zhou family are not prosperous and cannot develop, which is also an important reason why the courtiers and the emperor tolerate them. The Zhou family has a maximum of two sons per generation, and only a few daughters, so the Zhou family is now only a medium-sized family.
And this Zhou Wu is the son-in-law of the Zhou family's generation, he has an elder brother, named Zhou Wen, don't listen to the name of Wen, in fact, he is also a general, the Zhou family is a military general, and he is away all the year round, so the threat is small.
Zhou Wu has been guarding here for more than ten years, originally he asked to go to support at the beginning of the war, who knew that the emperor let him stay here with recruits, God knows that the recruits are the most troublesome, and it will be an eyesore to see, this matter simply makes Zhou Wu hold his anger.
Finally waited for this batch of recruits, Zhou Wu didn't say anything, and directly pulled out of the city and began to assemble the whole team, organize the team, and distribute swords.
There is a special camp outside the city, and a martial arts arena is specially set up for training recruits, and there is a high platform for selecting squad leaders, that is, the capable people live there.
At this moment, Zhou Wu looked at the group of people training below, his eyes were full of anger, look at such a person, how can he go to the battlefield to kill the enemy! It's as soft as noodles! As soon as the wind blew down, he fell, and the appearance of holding a knife was even more cringe, which made Zhou Wu eager to go down and kick him to death.
After watching it for a long time, I finally couldn't stand it anymore, and yelled: "Stop me!" ”
Hearing his words, everyone couldn't wait to stop and sat on the ground without an image.
Zhou Wu's eyes were even more angry, and he yelled: "Get out of the way for labor and management!" Did labor and management let you sit? ! Otherwise, military justice will deal with it! ”
The soldiers complained bitterly and had to get up and stand crookedly.
"Stand up straight!"
The soldiers immediately stood up straight, but the irritability in their eyes could not be concealed.
Zhou Wu slowly paced down, looked at these people, and said as he walked: "Look at your ghost appearance!" It's like a! Didn't eat?! It's a man! If you can't hold the knife steadily, what ability do you have to go to the battlefield! ”
"You will be hacked to death in less than an instant, you might as well die in the mouth of a beast, and occupy the name of a heroic sacrifice!"
Zhou Wu's words were very ugly, and many soldiers had a depression in their chests, staring at Zhou Wu faintly.
Zhou Wu was still shuttling among them, with uncontrollable sarcasm in his mouth, unceremonious ridicule, and slowly, the hearts of the soldiers were overflowing with anger, until Zhou Wu walked in front of Wu Song, but suddenly stopped.
"Hey, this one isn't bad, it doesn't look like a soft rice eater."
Wu Song didn't squint, as if he hadn't heard his words, and Qin Zhihan behind him had a hint of gloom flashing in his eyes, this general is really a rough man, he actually likes Wu Song, a man like Wu Song, who is five big and three rough, he really has no vision!
After walking through the venue, Zhou Wu returned to the stage here and sneered: "How?" Do you think what General Ben said is too ugly? Who is not convinced, hold it for Lao Tzu! ”
After yelling at this, Zhou Wu finally felt a little more comfortable, there is no need to be polite to this group of recruits, you tell him about the cruelty of the battlefield, he can't imagine it if he doesn't experience it himself. It's better to provoke like this, and the effect may be better.
Sure enough, after Zhou Wu left, this group of recruits practiced more ruthlessly, which made the deputy general in charge secretly happy, it seems that hatred can indeed stimulate people's potential!
Wu Song practiced marksmanship again and again according to the marksmanship he taught, he used to use a sword, this gun is the first time to use, some are not used to it, and he needs to practice repeatedly to answer the question and master it proficiently.
So after resting at night, Wu Song took the gun and went out again, Qin Zhihan also carried the gun and went out with him, and saw Wu Song practicing the gun, so he had to catch up with the competition.
Wu Song looked coldly and agreed to his request, and the two quickly exchanged hands.
Qin Zhihan's martial arts were not as good as Wu Song's, not to mention this spear that had never been used, and he lost without any suspense.
Wu Song put away the gun, looked at Qin Zhihan on the ground condescendingly, and asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing?" Why haven't you left yet? ”
Qin Zhihan's eyes moved, and he asked suspiciously, "Go?" Where am I going? ”
Wu Song rolled his eyes, "Don't pretend to be confused, there's no one nearby, hurry up!" ”
Seeing Wu Song's impatient appearance, Qin Zhihan touched his chin before pretending to compromise: "Why should I leave, it's best to stay." ”
Wu Song pursed his lips and said nothing, stared at him fiercely for a while, turned to leave, and left on his behalf, Qin Zhihan's face gradually became solemn, revealing a trace of powerless tiredness. (To be continued.) )